DIY do it yourself
Master classes, instructions, useful tips, recipes.
» »Illumination of bicycle wheels
Good day to all, in this short article I will tell you how to make the illumination of bicycle wheels with your own hands.

bicycle wheel lights


For this we need:
1.Waterproof LED strip.
2. Holders for 9v batteries.
3. Two 9v batteries.
4. A pair of switch buttons.
5. Silicone sealant or hot melt adhesive.

bicycle wheel lights


First of all, we cut the LED strip into the segments that we paste between the needles, I got 36 segments for each wheel.

bicycle wheel lights


Next, glue the segments of the LED strip between the spokes on each wheel and proceed to the process of soldering it.

bicycle wheel lights


After the LED strip has been soldered, we will connect the power supply - solder a couple of wires at the end of the LED strip and output them through the power button to the battery holder, the holder itself is fixed to the wheel shaft with a steel clip, now it remains only to fix the wires with the switch along the knitting needle and seal soldered contacts on the LED strip using hot melt adhesive or silicone sealant.

bicycle wheel lights

bicycle wheel lights


We check the performance and set off to ride around the night city ...

bicycle wheel lights

bicycle wheel lights


If you have any questions, watch the video of the manufacturing process:

come back
Comments (4)
  1. Ksenia
    #1 Ksenia Guests March 28, 2015 15:37
    4
    Tell me, how many hours of work will a 9-volt battery with a 12-volt tape last?
  2. Adam
    #2 Adam Guests April 1, 2016 15:04
    0
    You can connect with a dynamo for great (such sold) and not waste money on batteries
  3. Yuri
    #3 Yuri Guests January 9, 2017 10:08 p.m.
    0
    [b] Adam [/ b],
    and how are you from the dynamo, for feeding the tape? it must be sophisticated, to complicate the design. Do something like sliding contacts?
  4. Alexander Knyazev
    #4 Alexander Knyazev Guests February 20, 2018 06:14
    1
    KALHOZZZZ

Read also

Error codes for washing machines